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Police say numerous burglaries solved in the region
(Local News ~ 04/12/19)
Five sheriff's departments combined resources to solve 18 local burglaries after several months of investigating. Eric Shayne Maldonado, 25, of Cape Girardeau, was charged with three counts of second-degree burglary and three counts of misdemeanor stealing in Cape Girardeau County, though more charges are expected in the other counties, according to a statement made on the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff Department's Facebook page. ...
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Bootheel programs attempt to curb rates of diabetes, obesity rates
(Local News ~ 04/12/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- As diabetes and obesity rates continue to rise in the Missouri Bootheel, two local programs aim to curb the increase, targeting adults and children. The Bootheel Health Alliance, a network of health care providers, hopes to improve the wellbeing of residents in the region by increasing awareness, providing education and helping the community make better health choices. ...
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Sixth edition of Broadway sculptures unveiled
(Local News ~ 04/12/19)
Broadway's public art scene was refreshed as the 2019 Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit had its opening reception Thursday in downtown Cape Girardeau with a couple of the artists on hand. The sculptures are located within nine blocks of each other along Broadway, replacing the 2018 pieces...
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Culture shift? Peighton Robinson first black female lead in history of Central productions (with an asterisk)
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/19)
The tides are beginning to turn within the theater department at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Junior Peighton Robinson will leave her mark within the school's history books as the first African-American female student to portray a female lead character in a student production...
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'I hate seeing it dirty': 7th graders create Capaha Park cleanup group
(Local News ~ 04/12/19)
A handful of eco-conscious students with plastic shopping bags in hand are making a difference within the community by picking up trash once a month after school at Capaha Park in downtown Cape Girardeau. Four seventh-graders at Cape Girardeau Middle School make up the off-campus, core volunteer group, "Capaha Cleaning Crew."...
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Goodbye cold temps, hello pollen and events!
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/19)
With temperatures no longer in the 30s (mostly) -- and allergens flying through the air -- I think it's safe to say it's finally springtime. Easter is quickly approaching and related events are already beginning to pop up throughout Southeast Missouri. If you have little ones, you'll find the following list to be helpful...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/12/19)
Today is Friday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2019. There are 263 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 12, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63; he was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman...
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Renovation of facility helps in teaching nursing students
(Editorial ~ 04/12/19)
Nursing students at SoutheastHEALTH's College of Nursing and Health Sciences are enjoying the benefits of a major renovation. The work on the inside of the former bank building at 2001 William St. in Cape Girardeau is complete with three new classrooms, a student commons area, a student lounge and administrative offices...
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Chip and Joanna Gaines to start a new television network
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/19)
NEW YORK -- The lifestyle team of Chip and Joanna Gaines will launch their own Discovery-affiliated television network in the summer of 2020. Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced the Gaines' channel Wednesday prior to a sales presentation to advertisers. There's no name yet. It will replace the current DIY network, which is seen in about 52 million homes in the United States...
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Country musician Conley dies at 77
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/19)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country musician Earl Thomas Conley has died. He was 77. Erinn Scates of Nashville is one of Conley's daughters. She said her father passed away early Wednesday in Nashville due to an extended illness. Conley was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. The music website allmusic.com states he charted his first Top 40 hit in 1979 with "Dreamin's All I Do." He sang a number of other hits, including "Holding Her and Loving You," "Right From the Start" and "What I'd Say."...
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Out of the past: April 12
(Out of the Past ~ 04/12/19)
Members of the old Cape Girardeau City Council dealt with several minor matters in less than 10 minutes yesterday, before adjourning and watching as a new mayor and three new councilmen were sworn in by City Clerk Gayle Conrad; taking their oaths of office were Mayor Albert M. Spradling III and councilmen Tom Neumeyer, Richard "Butch" Eggimann and James "J.J." Williamson...
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Storm wreaks havoc in Midwest
(National News ~ 04/12/19)
A storm system known as a "bomb cyclone" slowly churned through the U.S. interior Thursday for the second time in a month, unleashing a blizzard in parts of the Midwest while creating hazardous fire conditions farther south. As much as 18 inches of snow has fallen in parts of South Dakota, where Gov. Kristi Noem has closed state offices in much of the state for a second day as heavy snow and strong winds make travel conditions dangerous...
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What does Assange arrest mean in respect to U.S?
(National News ~ 04/12/19)
WASHINGTON -- Julian Assange's arrest Thursday in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London opens the next chapter in the saga of the WikiLeaks founder: an expected extradition fight over a pending criminal prosecution in the United States. It's also likely to trigger a debate over press freedom and call attention to unresolved questions about Assange's role in the release of stolen Democratic emails leading up to the 2016 presidential election, part of special counsel Robert Mueller's recently concluded investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.. ...
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Authorities say deputy's son behind fires at black churches
(National News ~ 04/12/19)
OPELOUSAS, La. -- The suspect in a string of fires destroying three black churches in rural Louisiana is the white son of a sheriff's deputy whose father helped arrange for his arrest, authorities said Thursday. Holden Matthews, 21, faces arson charges in the connection with the blazes in and around Opelousas, a city of 16,000 where the flame-gutted remains of the buildings evoked memories of civil rights era violence...
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Ex-Obama White House counsel charged with lying in foreign lobbying probe
(National News ~ 04/12/19)
WASHINGTON -- Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig was indicted Thursday on charges of making false statements and concealing information in a federal foreign lobbying investigation intersecting with the Russia probe. Craig, 74, was charged in a two-count indictment accusing him of willfully concealing material facts from the Justice Department about work he performed for the Ukrainian government. ...
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Missouri Senate reaches accord on funding to fix 250 bridges
(State News ~ 04/12/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators gave initial approval Thursday to a compromise plan to spend $50 million upfront and potentially borrow another $300 million to fix 250 bridges across the state. The $300 million bonding would only come if the Missouri Department of Transportation receives enough federal matching grant money to rebuild the Interstate 70 bridge in the mid-Missouri city of Rocheport...
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Rodney Wissman
(Obituary ~ 04/12/19)
O'FALLON, Ill. -- Rodney W. Wissman, 64, of O'Fallon passed away peacefully on his late wife's birthday, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Cedar Ridge Health and Rehab in Lebanon, Illinois. He was born May 3, 1954, in Cape Girardeau to the late Delbert and Geri Pierce Wissman. Rodney and Connie Sue Warner were married Nov. 8, 1975. She preceded him in death Jan. 11, 2019...
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Ruth Wilson
(Obituary ~ 04/12/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ruth Hillsman Hunter Wilson, 100, passed away Monday, April 8, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 1, 1918, to the late R.W. and Susie Woodward Hunter in New Madrid County, Missouri. She grew up in East Prairie, Missouri. For the past 12 years, Ruth lived at the Capetown Independent and Assisted Living Facility in Cape Girardeau, where she was lovingly watched over by nieces Kay Sides and Anne Dial...
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Larry Lewis
(Obituary ~ 04/12/19)
Larry Keith Lewis, 74, of Jackson passed away Monday, April 1, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born March 25, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Raymond Gerald and Susie Geraldine Futrell Lewis. Larry was a 1962 graduate of Jackson High School and was a member of Futrell Memorial Church of God in Christ in Jackson...
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Rosemary Kridelbaugh
(Obituary ~ 04/12/19)
ROLLA, Mo. -- Rosemary "Rosie" Utterback Kridelbaugh, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2019. She was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Martinsburg, Iowa, to Oliver and Vera Seba Utterback. She grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa, where she graduated high school and met the love of her life, Leon Kridelbaugh. They were married Sept. 5, 1954...
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Ollie Benefield
(Obituary ~ 04/12/19)
Ollie Ann Benefield, 85, of Gale, Illinois, passed on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, surrounded by her family. She was born Oct. 23, 1933, in Port Townsend, Washington, to Bert Henry and Gertrude Elizabeth Lawrence Brown. Ollie attended Hoquiam High School in Washington. She and Charles Raymond Benefield were married Aug. 12, 1954, in Gale, Illinois. He preceded her in death May 27, 1991...
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Kermit Angel
(Obituary ~ 04/12/19)
Kermit Angel, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at Lutheran Home. He was born Sept. 18, 1922, in Kampsville, Illinois, to Hamer F. and Cuba Becker Angel. He and Velda Faye Warmack were married Dec. 21, 1963. She preceded him in death April 30, 1992. He then married Edith Mouser Barrett on Oct. 16, 1993, at Rend Lake, Illinois...
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Cape police report 4/12/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/12/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Sandra Miller, 29, address unknown, was arrested on a warrant arrest for failure to appear for traffic violations. n Jennifer Clark, 48, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of trespassing at Saint Francis Medical Center, 211 Saint Francis Drive...
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Cape fire report 4/12/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/12/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 4:02 a.m. on South Kingshighway, at 11:17 a.m. on Carolina Lane, at 11:41 a.m. on North Mount Auburn Drive, at 2:47 p.m. on South Hanover Street, at 6:29 on Carolina Lane...
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Arkansas governor's nephew faces new corruption charges
(State News ~ 04/12/19)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A former Arkansas lawmaker who is Gov. Asa Hutchinson's nephew has been indicted and accused of accepting bribes from a Missouri nonprofit in a widening federal corruption probe that's already ensnared several state legislators over the past two years...
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Man who left meth in rental car in Missouri sentenced
(State News ~ 04/12/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 37-year-old man whose wife returned a rental vehicle with nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole...
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Planned Parenthood seeks stay in Columbia clinic case
(State News ~ 04/12/19)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Planned Parenthood is asking a federal appeals court to delay a ruling on a case involving whether abortions will resume at its Columbia clinic...
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FAA to pay most of cost of redoing Columbia runway
(State News ~ 04/12/19)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Federal Aviation Administration will pay most of the cost of redoing a Columbia runway that three regional carriers are refusing to use because of safety concerns...
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Lois Chapman
(Obituary ~ 04/12/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Lois Mae Chapman, 76, of Chaffee passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 4, 1942, in Randles to the late Martin and Mildred McCormick Menz. She married Kenneth E. Chapman on Sept. 6, 1963. They were married 25 years ...
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Kindergarteners Celebrate Letter People Week
(Submitted Story ~ 04/12/19)
The kindergarten class of Guardian Angel School in Oran, MO made it through their alphabet with the letter people. That means it is time to celebrate letter people week, which occurred from April 8 through April 12. On Monday, the students brought their letter person project to school. ...
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Judge postpones ex parte hearing involving Scott County deputy
(Local News ~ 04/12/19)
An ex parte hearing involving a Scott County Sheriff's deputy and a woman who says he stalked her was postponed Thursday after the deputy's counsel asked the judge to dismiss the case. Scott Horman, defense attorney for Scott County Sheriff's deputy Travis Keller, told Judge Gary Kamp the complaint, filed by Sarah Valenzuela, was too similar to a suit Valenzuela previously filed against the officer. ...
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